Comparison

Interval Timer | HIIT Training vs Next Round

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

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About

Interval Timer | HIIT Training

This app provides a customizable interval timer for various training activities like HIIT and Tabata. Users can build custom workouts with named phases, sounds, and vibrations, and save them as presets that sync across devices. It also supports background operation with screen off.

Highlights
  • Customizable workout builder
  • Nestable repeat blocks
  • Custom phases with names, colors, sounds, and vibrations
  • Drag and drop reordering
  • Save and reuse workout presets
  • Syncs between iPhone and Apple Watch
  • Background operation with screen off
Features
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Easy to use interval timer for iPhone and Apple Watch. Set the number of series, train time and rest time, with a colorful interface that makes the current state of the timer easy to read at a glance. Build your own workouts: - Repeat blocks you can nest to create rounds within rounds - Custom phases, each with its own name, color, sound and vibration - Drag and drop to reorder phases and blocks - Save workouts as presets and reuse them anytime - Presets sync between your phone and your Apple Watch - Sign in to back up your timers, settings and sounds and pick them up on your other devices (Pro) Keep training with the screen off: the timer keeps running in the background and alerts you at every phase change. Perfect for any of your training activities: - HIIT Training - Tabata - Circuit training - Pomodoro ...and more. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Next Round

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A little stronger. Every round. Next Round is a simple interval timer for HIIT, Tabata, and your own work-rest sessions. Set your rhythm, press start, and let a double boxing bell tell you when it is time to move. YOUR PACE, YOUR RULES Start with HIIT or Tabata, then adjust work time, rest time, rounds, and a short preparation countdown. Each preset remembers your settings. The final work round ends your session without an extra rest. CLEAR AT A GLANCE A large countdown sits inside a clean progress dial. Lime means work; blue means rest. See your round and what comes next. Your screen stays awake while the timer runs in the app. HEAR YOUR NEXT MOVE An original double boxing bell marks interval changes, with a longer finish bell and optional haptics. Bells use your media volume, including in Silent Mode, and continue when your phone is locked. KEEP YOUR PLACE Pause, resume, skip an interval, or end the session. Your current timer survives leaving or reopening the app. A Live Activity mirrors your current interval countdown and round, with pause and resume on the Lock Screen. Dynamic Island is supported on compatible iPhones. Workout audio keeps the timer and bells running when locked. Calls and disconnected headphones pause the session. Optional local notifications add visual interval banners. If you force-quit the app, reopen it to restore your timer. JUST YOU AND THE TIMER No account, ads, subscriptions, or tracking. Your settings stay on your iPhone and are excluded from backups. No internet connection is needed to run your timer. Made for your next little effort.

Screenshots

Interval Timer | HIIT Training4 screens
Next Round3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Next Round at none against Interval Timer | HIIT Training's 3. Next Round also leads on ads (none vs shown). Interval Timer | HIIT Training's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Interval Timer | HIIT Training sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Next Round asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Interval Timer | HIIT Training versus Next Round: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterInterval Timer | HIIT TrainingNext Round
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLS PROGRAMACAO LTDAFerdinand Johannes Mekelenkamp

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Interval Timer | HIIT Training

Subscriptions2
  • Interval Timer Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Interval Timer Pro Annual7 Days trial$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Interval Timer Pro Lifetime$29.99
None

Next Round

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Interval Timer | HIIT Training free?
Interval Timer | HIIT Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Next Round free?
Next Round is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Interval Timer | HIIT Training or Next Round have ads?
Interval Timer | HIIT Training shows ads; Next Round does not.

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